"I'm Not a Creative" — My Wife Believed This For Years

"No one ever gave me permission. So I always felt this need to fight for it." — Lizzie Producer Talks is back. Episode 2: Sheran and Lizzie sit down in Sri Lanka to talk about the one thing every guest who's ever been on this podcast has in common — they all gave themselves permission to create before anyone told them they were allowed to. In this episode: Why Lizzie spent years insisting she wasn't creative — even while running her own greeting card business and painting her family's walls How financial access, family, and a marriage between two strong creative personalities all shape whether you feel allowed to create Sheran's answer to the person still waiting for someone to give them permission: "First of all, stop." Watch next: [LIZZIE TO ADD] The Creative Odyssey podcast is shifting to a new two-person conversation format to better analyze the creative process. I am Lizzie, the producer behind the Creative Odyssey podcast, and I am excited to share that we are evolving our show structure. By moving to a two-person conversation format, we can focus more deeply on the specific patterns and insights that appear across our episodes. This change allows us to break down the common experiences shared by our guests with greater clarity. If you have been following the Creative Odyssey podcast, this update is designed to get you closer to the core of our discussions. We will be analyzing these themes to help you understand the nuances of the creative process more effectively. Whether you are a creator yourself or just interested in how ideas take shape, this new direction offers a fresh way to engage with our content. Subscribe for weekly creative process breakdowns, and let me know in the comments what themes you want us to explore in our upcoming conversations. 00:00 Welcome back — why this episode is different 00:59 Where permission comes from: society, family, money 02:40 How relationships shape your creative openness 05:00 How Sheran and Lizzie's relationship started through creativity 08:57 Learning each other's creative rhythms 11:38 How trauma and experience inform the creative process 17:07 Imposter syndrome and "I'm not good enough" 19:01 Creating out of necessity after a divorce 49:56 What to say to someone still waiting for permission The Creative Odyssey Podcast Watch every episode: [CHANNEL LINK] Instagram: @thecreativeodysseypodcast / @sheranstories Follow Sheran's story: [SHERANSTORIES LINK] #permissiontocreate #producertalks #creativeodyssey